Archive for August, 2007
The Best of Times
Recently I received an email from “Jack” asking me which 10 games over the past 10 years did I think were the best by the Canes. That’s a pretty tough question! Jack sent me his, (in no particular order), and here they are!
first playoff game in nc vs boston
2001 playoffs game 4, 5,6 [...]
Once Bitten Twice Shy
While this site is typically not a rumor site, this morning I can’t help but discuss a comment which was left on my “Iron Man” post yesterday. If you haven’t read it yet, the author basically says that Bret Hedican’s hip is not good at all and he will announce his retirement next week. [...]
Iron Man
The Caniac Nation is still reeling after getting hit with the Frantisek Kaberle surgery news on Monday. I mentioned in my last post that he was no “Iron Man”. Let’s take a quick look at his stats over his NHL career. The most games he has ever played in a season [...]
Shock the Monkey
In some real “shocking” news, the Carolina blueline took their first hit of the season already as Frantisek Kaberle had minor knee surgery on Saturday. Luke DeCock is reporting in Lord Stanley’s Blog that he will be out for at least 4 to 6 weeks while recovering from torn cartilage removal. Kaberle was [...]
4 things to look for in training camp
Greetings CanesCountry! I am happy to be joining the words here with an occasional guest blog. By way of introduction, I am the regular Canes blogger at hockeybuzz.com and a sporadic contributor on a couple other Canes boards. But more significantly, I am very simply a die-hard Canes fan.
So with training camp [...]
It Only Hurts When I’m Breathing
There has been a lot of speculation about Bret Hedican’s health this summer. Not only did he miss 32 games last year, but many of the games that he was able to play in, he was playing injured. He failed to score a single goal all year long and finished with [...]
Anniversary
Happy anniversary to Canes Country! It was about a year ago that I finally decided to take the plunge and register “Canes Country” as an official domain name. Of course if you check the archives, you’ll see some earlier posts that I transferred here from a previous blog of mine, but the [...]
Too Old to Rock and Roll, Too Young to Die
Yesterday I was skimming over several blogs to see what was new and came across something interesting over at James Mirtle’s place. James posted a listing which included the average age of each NHL team along with the where the team stood in the league concerning this year’s salary commitments. While it didn’t [...]
Together Again
Caniacs have been asking for it and they finally got it. The local news actually reported something about the Hurricanes! Granted, it’s nothing really new or exciting, but it is something. Some of the Canes have been practicing at voluntary ice sessions which started Monday at the RecZone. The [...]
Clap Your Hands
Are you good at clapping your hands and getting others to clap as well? You may want to consider being a member of the Carolina Hurricanes Storm Squad! Seriousy, there’s a lot more to being a Storm Squad member than that, but now is the time to apply if you think you have what it [...]
Surfin’ USA
How many hockey players do you know, who when given the opportunity go right from the rink to the beach? Now we all know one! Noah Babin, the Hurricanes’ prospect from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, used to go surfing right after hockey practice back in his younger days. The ex-Notre Dame [...]
TV
We receive emails from a variety of people almost on a daily basis at “canescountry@gmail.com”. (Keep them coming!). A month or so ago, the kind people at the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, (MASN), contacted me about possible advertising opportunities. Bottom line, they liked the blog and wanted to advertise here. After visiting [...]
No Name, No Face, No Number
Are you having trouble identifying the prospects at the RecZone this week? Mike Sundheim was kind enough to post their numbers so that fans can tell one fast skating youngster from another. Everybody needs a scorecard and now here is yours!
43 BABIN, Noah
73 BELLEMORE, Brett
53 [...]
Cotton Eye Joe
Ex-Hurricane Joe Vasicek was signed earlier today by the New York Islanders. I’ll always have a softspot for that floppy haired, goofy looking kid, but I’m happy to see him on the Island rather than here in Carolina. He’s as maddeningly inconsistent as they come, but the most optimistic of us can always [...]
All Us Boys - (part one)
This is a very exciting week for a young group of hockey players. The “boys†of the organization have been invited to Raleigh to learn about physical training techniques, motivational tools, nutritional information, and other tips to help them be successful professional athletes. Some of these prospects will make it to the NHL, some will [...]
All Us Boys - (part two)
Nick Dodge…
Dodge was drafted by the Canes in 2006 in the 6th round. The Oakville, Ontario native is now the team captain for Clarkson University, the same school that Erik Cole attended! He’s scored 40 goals in 111 career college games and also chipped in with 58 assists. Dodge is listed at [...]
All Us Boys - (part three)
Noah Babin…
Babin is a defenseman who was draft eligible in 2002, but went undrafted at the time. He played 3 years for the University of Notre Dame and was signed by the Hurricanes to a 2 year contract last Spring, primarily because of the advice of Ron Francis. He played 11 games for [...]
The Last in Line
CanesCountry readers have spoken, and according to the latest poll the Florida Panthers will come in last place in the division this year! It was not an overwhelming majority as 38% of you voted for the Capitals, while 40% went for the Panthers. While I agree that the Capitals should be improved this [...]
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday to the captain, Rod Brind’Amour. Hope you had a great day today Brindy!
Sorry readers, I don’t have much more than that right now. This blogger hasn’t been feeling very well this week, but I’ll be back! (picture from the HHOF)
Stevie Wonder
I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide
The Versus hockey schedule is out, and the Hurricanes will be “bad and they’ll be nationwide,” 5 times this year! That’s much better than last year when the, at that time, Stanley Cup champions were only scheduled 3 times. The Canes also made out much better than their brothers in the Southeast [...]
Draw the Line
The time is up, so now it’s time to review the results of last week’s poll! Of course the question was, which players would you like to see on the 3rd line playing alongside Matt Cullen? Over 50% of you answered, Scott Walker and Andrew Ladd. That is the answer which probably [...]
Thanks For Reading My Mind
Early yesterday morning I posted information and questions about the Canes’ prospect camp, and viola! Later in the afternoon both Luke DeCock and the Hurricanes main site posted information as well! Thanks for reading my mind and for answering my questions! First of all, the actual dates of the camp are [...]
Don’t Tell the Kids
Welcome to August! For those of us in Carolina pining away for anything hockey related, I have some good news! The Hurricanes rookie/prospect camp is scheduled to take place later this month. If you check out the CanesCountry Calendar, you’ll see that the camp is set to be run from August [...]
